Wildfire in the North American forest

Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 12 April 2017 at 18:01:08 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 28 August 2017 from 18:23:35 to 18:26:35 UTC
Sentinel-3 OLCI FR acquired on 29 August 2017 at 18:00:24 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Disaster monitoring, emergency, forestry, wildfire, boreal forest, taiga, North America, Canada, USA
Fig. 1 - S3A OLCI - 20,17,10 colour composite - More than 150 wildfires have burned more than 10 000 km² of forest since April 2017.
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Fig. 2 - 29.08.2017 - Wildfire starts in the Cascade Range, Washington State, USA.
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Fig. 3 - 28.08.2017 - Burned areas in the fire-prone boreal forest of British Columbia, Canada.
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Fig. 4 - Fort McMurray wildfire started on 01.05.2016 and was fully extinguished on 02.08.2017 after it had spread across 5900 km².
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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